The Sun. — London, England, 1809-06-22 00:00:00

A SON'..;' I C( !POSED RY THE RE►V. DR.,C01.1.11.3 * S nd Sung at a Dinner givs.i \to -wine. Gentlenwu of • the Spanish Legation, .at Southall !'ark. • Tune " Rule Britannia." IV hut Spaniards, roust(' by Heaven's command, . e,oied t' avenge their country's cause ; w.ts the Anthem taro' the land. An:, guardian angels hymn'd applause: • " Strike, brave Spaniards, "Brave Sp atiards, strike the bl-avv, " Strike home, and lay. the Tyrant iow," "The nations not so brave as ye " Have felfin tAirits his iron rod ; " But , Spain shall flourish great and free, " Trite to herself, and true to God t• " Strike, brave Spaniards, &c." When Britain !tend thehallow'd sound Quick wafted o'er her native main, Site bade her coasts the song resound, And ()Lean echoes back the strain. • - " Strike, brave Spaniards, &c." Let prostrate France hug close her chains; Lei gen'rous Britain rule the waves; Nigh Heaven rh' eternal law ordain, " " Brave Spaniards never thall'be slaves,!" " Stlike, brave Spaniards, &c." , Yesterday, about two o'clock, his MAJESTY held a private Levee at the Queen's Palace, which was attended by - . • The A rehbislfOß of Canterbury, the Lord President of the Coinicil, the Lordo Privy Seal i the first Lord of the Treasury, the Master General of the Ordnance, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the President f the Board of Trade, the three Secretaries of State, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary at War, the Commander in Chief, the judge Aclvo. caw, the Lord Chamberlain, th? Lord Steward of the House. hood, the Duke of Montrose, the Marquis of Blandtord. Earl 11—.,ourt, Lords, L.'Gower, Elliot, Heathfield, and Went. 'Worth Sirs P. Hales, S. Cottrell, and J. Pulteney, Dr. Lie. berden, his Excellency the Portuguese Ambassador. 'l,.'he following had the honour of being presented to his Masirsry • _ _ _ Lord Elliott, upon his being appointed Lieut. ,Colonel Commandant of the first Cornwall - Militia. Mr. Phelps upon his appointment of Lieutenant of tho Yeo manry Guard. 1 he Marquis of Blarifitord, upon his appointment to the command of the royal Bucks Local Militia. cUillinisSiOaCr OUyie, LlOoil , his appointment to the Trans '.port 'Board. • , Lord Grenville .Leveson Cower, upon his being appointed: Secretary at War. Hcberclen, upon his being appointed Physician to hit hlajesty, Chevalier PURA() took leave of his MAJESTY ; be was introduced by the Portuguese . Atnbagsador. His MAJESTY held a ,Privy Council, and gave au diences to the Duke 01 PORTLAND, the rest of the Cabinet Onisters, Sir Dam DuNo4s, and Mr. IfYDER, who laid b4ore his MAJESTY the proceed ings 'a several Courts Martial. By the last Aet of Parliament relating to the Lo-1 cal Militia, t his C 4 olonels arePmpowered, at all tidies, tb'receive %olunteers into their regiments, whO are to be sworn in tor' four years :--these volunteers re aive no tio'inty, but are, of course, exemptedirom all ballots. KING'S THEATRE.—The new serious Opera of of Sedogero, was represented again last night at this place, for the benefit of the Middleaex Hospital. Between the first and second act'a Miscell aneous Concert was perforrned, in which Mrs. BILLING TON, 13,1tAIIAM, NALDT, SITIONT, Miss HUGHES, and Miss PASKZ, highly to their credit, volunteered their services, and received the wannest applause. The Concert closed with " God save the King," sung by all the performers, in which the audience joined standing all the time, from an enthusiastic spirit of loyalty to a beloved monarch, and applauding with the most fervent zeal.. EI,LISTON recited an occa sional address on charity. The new performer, 1:14 8 - 14SNZANt, fully confirmed the very favourable account which we yesterday gave of his talents. He is indeed a very fine tenor, and Sings with a simplicity and expres sion-suitable to the soundlaste of a British audience.-- The house was not so full as might be expeeted .on .such an occasion, and with such' a host of talents, ,but we unclerstanst 'that the distinguished persons who patronised the benefit, paid in the most liberal manner for the tickets which they circulated.. Mrs. StrnsoNs has closed her engagement at 'Edin-, burgh; where site last week performed Margaret of "Injou, Zara in The Mourning Bride, Isabella, and /Queen Cotharine. Isabella was for her cie n benefit, and the Theatre was crowded. She is succeeded by I:3LLAMY and Mrs. Dtcxora, who were to make their first appearance last night in Young Meadows and Rosetta. • Madame CAtALANI, or rather her husband, in answer io t lie charge of being unwilling to sing for the 'benefit of the Middlesex Hospital, says, that " Dr. Pototssen; in a very vague manner," asked her if she should be unwilling to sine; for that Insti tution. In the first place, it should be observed that Dr. POIGNARD died last week. In the next plate, it is difficult to conceive how Dr. P. could ask so simple a question in a vague manner, partici.)- . larly as he was a Frenchman, and could _therefore snake himself perfeelly intelligible to the Syren or her husband. After all, though it is certainly an Ungracious thing to decline performing for a Cha ritable Institution, particularly one tnat is in a state of embarrassment, it may be fairly questioned whe ' tiler public Performers, who live by their talents, and whose talents, of course, will be attractive the more they . are heard, can be required to contribute their efforts, more than any other class of the Coin murtity, to subscribe money, or a part of their stock in trade, on_ such occasions. Those who do come forward are certainly entitled to the respect anti es teem of the public, ,and they have an ample reward in their own feelings and the honour which they ac quire. . . We learn, that the Ship Redpole, arrived at Ply `mouth from the Rochefort station, has brought ad rice that the Amelia and Stetiya Frigates had taken on the coast of Spain a French Ship, a Brig and a Corvette, all from COrunna, iiaTtly laden with dol lars and a large quantity of:gold and silver, part the plunder collected by tbe French in Spain. Government it is said, has determined on construe , • ring New Docks at Sheerness, sufficiently capacious 40 74-gun ships. A bridge over the King's' ' Ferry into the Isle di Slieppv. is ilk.) projected, on WLiett 300 =vide are to lie employed Ilslsb)urers. WEDNESDAY, JUNE. 21 . At a Quarterly Court of Ploprietors or the East India company,: held - at their House this day, for certain Special and General Purposes, Atter the - Dividend for the Quarter had hen de clarecL and agreed to, and the other usual business gone through, JACKSON moved that this House at its rising to-day, do adjourn till this day fortnight, being the sth of July, to take into consideration the Report of the Committee of the' House of Commons on Eat India Patronage, and the. undue disposal of Writeishipsand Cadetships in that Company's Ser vice. Agreed to. LACANI. • The Court then proceeded to .the consideration of the Resolution of. the Court of Direotors of the 7th of April, tig increasing the Pension. of Mr. Ben jamin Lacam, from 6001. to tuoul. per annum, and Ica- increasing the Pension of his ,5.% Re, from' 4001. to 6001. per annum, in case she should survive him. the niotion that the Court of Proprietors do concur in this Resolution--- Sir PRLSTON rose, and bore testimony to the meriis of Mr. Lacam, and to the very signal service he had rendered to the cbuntry in general, and to the East . l.lndia Company in particular, by the invention or discovery of an eastern passage up the river of Cal cutta; instead of the western passage, which proved clestruelive to two out of every three of the Com pany's. ships. He was•friabled the better to judge on this subje6t, having himself been in the service of the Company by sea, and iu that capacity having expehenced the dangers of the one passage, and the facilities attending the other. He had also while in Parliament, been Chairman of the Committee to which Mr. Lacam's claiMs had been referred, and in that situation had' occasion to know. the.many testi menials borne both by naval officers, and by. those who had been in the Company's service,' to the uti lity of the diseovery, which had been made so far hick as the year i 775. • The Honourable Baronet in the course of his speech was repeatedly interrupted by a Proprietor, who asserted die invention to have been his, and not Mr. Lacain's. . • ; In answer to the Honourable Baronet,„ he stated, that he had been marine surveyor to the Company, at the time the discovery in question was alleged to have been made by Mr. Lacam ' • that he tiad pre vious to the time at which Mr,. Lacam claimed the merit of the iovention, made and lodged with the Company 'a survey of the very passage; and that Mr. Lacam had merely availed himself of his la.: bours. In ,fae:t, that...it was an imposture from be ginning to end.. - Mr. i3Eas, one of. the Dire&ors, supported the assertions of the last Speaker, to whose character for ability and zeal in the Company's service he bore the most ample testimony. He referred wake Stir." veys and charts, and contended that Mr. Lacain's were:inade without skill, and with as little preten sions to the charaCter of scientific charts, .as if he had , been a persou taking a walk from that Hpuse to Charing-Cross, who would naturally cliuse the. shortest. road. . Mr.ELPRINsToNa, from the experience,. he had in the naval service of the Company, was enabled to say, that the Western Passage was a. most difficult and dangerous one, and which threatened ultimate destration to the Company's marine. It was with peculiar 'pleasure he 'learned in the year t 776, that Mr. Lacain had, discovered the Eastern Passage, and though be was ready to concur in every tribute to the ability of the Company's' Marine Surveyor, he must declare the merit of that discovery to be Mr. Lacam's. ' .Mr. Ron ram; supported the argnments and asser tions of Mr. Babb. Earl ST.VincENT thought that this question could best be judged of by professional tneo. He had ne. ver been in the East Indies, and therefore could not be stfpposed a competent judge. Justice and hu .manity, howeVer, seemed to him to go hand in band in this instance with professional teitimetty. 'Sir MARK WOOD stared that Mr. Lacam had corn= municated his discovery to hint se far back as the year .1771. He was convinced any surveys made by the Company's . Mariite Surveyor, whose merits he should be one of the first to acknowledge,. were then unknown to Mr. Lacam. Mr. Y. Mooes stated, that he happened, in the . year i 775, to be'.appointed.as a junior Member : of the Revenue Board in India, , to deliver to r Mr. i. Lacam the pOssession of the land which he was to receive from the Government' for . his proposed oration of New' Harbour. On this occasion Mr. Lacam demanded from him the right to the water also. , This he had no powers to give, and according ly returned to 'the Governor and Council, inform. ing them of the deficiency of his powers; and, if he mistook 'not, the Hon. Surveyor, whoM he now saw for the first time in his life, did give to Mr. Lacam the possession of the water. lt, theiefore, there was any objation . to the grant ; if it was,' as the Hon. Surveyor now stated it to all an imposture, was not that the most proper period to have detested it ? The Hon. Surveyor had also stated the passage . marked as Mr; Lacam's .to imputaicable. The fact, however, was, that he (Mr. Moore) had' gone' it along with Mr. Lacatu repeatedly. As to .the , plea thot no expence had been incurred by Mr. Lacatn, that be could also cootradia from his own 'knowledge. Be had himself, in Mr. Lacam' s absence, laid out equal to 10001. at a time, and -the atinal expenditure, independent of interest, was 60,0001. Mr. JACKSON followed on the same side, vindi cating Mr. Lacam in every particular; pointed out the injustice„done him by the Government abroad, in declaring the grant made to hint null and void ; the hardships he submitted to itf coming twice to this country, where, after the most laborious inquiries, his Meritorious Services and unjust treatment were recOgnized by two Reports of different Committees of the House of Commons the injustice: again done him in India by a Report of Surveyors, as to the , hu , praelicability at his passage, which was absolutely false ; . the sufferiogs, imprisonments, and privations which he had thence sustained, and .to which now, at the age of upwards of seventy, ha was still emios ecl, and left it not to the humanity, but . to the jus. tice of the Court tol say, if this paltry annuity was any recompense to be conferred ou him at his ad vanced period-of life. He proceeded to read some handsome compliments paid by Mr, Lacam .to . the Cornpany'a- Surveyor, and lecommended to him, When tre next Tanceo or Inf. .I,aCUM, to 10(1uvv au praise:wprthy an example.' Lowtons was of opinion, after what. he had heard, that the compensation was by: no means adequate.. Mr. GRANT (the Chairman) assured, the court, Direoors, insitad' 9f yielding to the Impulse of humanity, Were`of opinion that they'had lett justic'e unsatisfied. The ReSoluticn to agree with the Dire6tors in -the proposed increase was then put, and agreed to themihe conitadieente: SIR 1011 K riPPHERSON.;',.. • The Court then cane to an unaitimoto approva. of a Resolution of the Court of Dire tors to grant an annuity of 10001. per ann. to Sir John M‘Plier son, Bart., formerly Governor-General of. Bengal, on condition of his assigning , to the Cowpony a claim be bad against the Nabob .of Arcot, in se curity of a loan of .10,001. made by the Company to Sir John. WRITERS AND CADETS, q' the C Mr. SANSOM begged to know if t. ret.lors had come to any determination in conse quence of the recommendation made to them by the . Court of ProprietOrs, on the subject of the recall from India of the young men whose ittuaticni had been procured by improper means.. Mr. GRANT - said, the Dreams had paid every attention to the rectimmeudation of the Proprietors, ancthad come to a datision Which they should either stare now of at meeting, when his Hon. Friend .(Mr• Jackson) had given notice of his motion on the subject of the Report of the Committee of the House of Commons. Mr. JACKSON, in answer to several questions put to him, stated, that his objea was not ib propose a .review of the . ,sentence of the Court of DireCtors on this point. A tier some conversation it war agreed - , that the Chairman should now state the.determination of the Diretlors on , the subject. He ktated, that in corn leg to the Resolution they had done, their executive bo iy had sacrificed their own inclinations to an irn - .perinus sense of duty. He then read the Resolu tion of the Court, which was, that the Direaors feeling.,esery deference to the opinion of the_ Pro prietors,. and desiroits, ,if in their power, to yield to their recommendation, felt themselves Under the necessity , of affirming the Resolution they had come to They regretted extremely the fate of the young men who were to Suffer from this decision, princi pally through the Molt of their fathers or other re latives. But the safety of the Company, and the charader of the Directors, required them to abide by the decrsion they had formed. • Mr. LUSHINGTON submitted to the Dire6tors the propriety of coosidering, whether they tided agree ably .to the different Acts of Parliament, in proceed* ing in the mode they had adopted: Mr. Low snits recommended to the consideration of the Direetots the,observatiens' upon this subject of that great man,. Sir Satnuel Itomilly, who stood an high in the opinion of all parties in PArliament, and throughout the. country; who was equally ad mired for the elegance and' discrimination of his judgment, and the goodness of his heart, and whpse knowledge and love of equity end justice stood tin ' rivalled in this country. • Theyeould not suppose than they did amiss, or 4acriticed their, own charac ters, or the interests o f the Company, in following his suggestions. Mr. TWINING was unwilling to start any question on the rights which thepiredtors had so long, been in the use of exercising. Mr. GaAtiT observed, that the present discussion was ,irregular, there lteing no question before the Court. If the exercise of the piredurs' 'rights in the dismissal of their servants wits now to be endea voured to be cootr6uled, it would, he was afraid, lead to evils of which gentlemen were,not 'aware. This, however, would come .more properly to be discussed, when the motion on the Report 'was laid before them. Adjourned: , :Ourt'o If Di ~iNDIA. Extras of a letterlrom Bombay, Maher, .180.. : "We thought, about two months ago,. that tie Bombay army would by this timt.: have been on tlie, Way to the Gulph of Persia; but Brigadier-General Maleolm's mission to that Coln - Chas tailed,' and all hopes of addii'ig fresh laurels to the Bornhai , infimtry aro. for the . present extinguished. We ciught'pow to be studying how we shall be able.to resist or beat the French in Persia and India. From some Eng-, . lish papers I have seen',, our matter's in India do not seem to be at all in that critical Situation, which the fears of 'those engaged in the meremidi: line had made us all, believe. I think,' however, that the French may attempt India, and a couple of litindred thousand men, settings* out from Eurppe, receiving every assistance from 'Persia, marching by the route of Nadir Shah, entering into an alliance with Ab. dallab, Icing of Gindahar, and joining the Scindiah and Je.smunt Liao Holkar, may annoy us very much, Scindiah's army is ready for, and has lately been in the field against the Rajah of 3eypore, whom, in 'a pitehed . battle, he has drubbed most unmeretifully. ,It is iinpossible for any person iivho . knowl the fur. Went disposition of thiS fellow,. to, be sorry for his misfortune!. ScindiaWs park now consists of 150 fine guns, which is rather respe&able, and if brought into the field will no donbt try the mettle of the Bombay intAntry. Holkar, in place of being, as the English payers represent, in a state, of despond envy, is most actively employed in diseiplining his troops, assisted and supported by a,most enterprising and spirited partiiiin, ,"Meer Khan, his former Ge ncral, now an independent Rajah. Whether it„is -by means of French - Emissaries, or from what cause I know nok but the country not immediately . under our jarisdiaion - is aii in arms and ready.. The quhr-, rel with Mypootram, and the. capture of the Rajah of 'Ben, has opened the eyes of Government tq the intended disaffectio: , of our steady Ally the Nizam 7 .--he never would have so long mainiamed the ap... pellation,of Ally, were it not for the good offices of o)d Meer_ Anima, his Pritne Minister, a report of whose death made islypootram rAler too prlunatine 4-in his measures." . - _ Letters from Ili!boa, of the .sth have been re ceived via fianthurgh. They contain no politieal intelligetice, hot tante that the necesiaries4ot Life had become so very ticatoe that , 13ntbrri Lad lately died for want of food. Yesterday morning the -,c,luritee.r artillery corps, under the command of Colonel Moore, fired twelve rounds of ball cartridge, from the fort, at a cask moored at abopt half a league from the shoi:ei for that purpose. None of the shot*immediately struck the object, though had it been of the dimensions (if a common sized fishing-boat,' it would inevitably' have been sunk. A soicher belonging to the South Gloucester Militia, by trade a stone-mason, was pursuing his avocation, by perrnission of his officers, cm the scar. folding of a house near the 'Royal Crescent, on Saturday; the boards-on which he stood gave way, and precipitated him to a depth of nearly tatty feet.' But, astonishing to relate, he had no botxs broken, and subsequently walked to his quarle`ts. The man'a name is Pierce. General Earl Dalhousie was so Well satisfied with his inspeaion of the Local Militia at ',ewes, on Saturday, thaelie communicated Ii F 3 sentiments on that subjea to the'regiment in writing. A parcel containing bank,noles, ikc. to the' amount of between seven and eight hundred pounds, - was delivered to one of the coach Mikes hereabout ten days ago, by Mr. Slee, wine-merchant; Bre. of this place, direaed to his hon in. London. Thus r►ar eel, by same accident, was lost, and a reward of five geineas offered to any person 'e ho should restore No tidings, hoWever, could be gained of it ,until this morning, when it was returned to Mr. ;flee by the bailiff of Mr. Scrase, an opolent terms r of this town ; the packet having h.een found by otiti of the husbandrymen under him; on the road near the'. Stepe., about' five o'clock on the morning it was missed. The notes were inclosed and sealed" in va rious packets, in the parcel which contaii-d the whole, and . had not the - perm who fotwcl them broken the seal and .examined'eaCh separate packet, before he restored them to the ()wiper, he might have obtained something 'considerably beyond the reward advertised, for his honesty. As it was, he ,five guineas were paid to him without any addition 'whatever.. 1611 RGATE, JUNI; ;20. The season for bustle is at last arrived. Thc Rose in June, the Duke (9" Kent, and the Prince,' 61 Wales, bring down about 40 ptmengers each voyage. The Britannia, which was so Much in. jtired by the fire which happened at Dicey's Quity lately, will be repaired and tit for service in a month. The Balls commenced on. the King's B'rtb.day, at KIDMAN'S ;—about 30 couple danced. The Librarians are beginning to be busily ern ployed.—GmtNan intends to rebuild his Reading, room and Library upon the old spot, which since the deluge in the winter .of 1807 totally disap peared, leaving " pot a wreck. behind." It is told that the repairs of the terra:firma alone (and it' it can be so called is a question) will Cost Mr., GA RN art no less a sum than 3001. The Theatre, under the management of our old caterer, :Wilmot Wells (who. is great in intellect, as ever) will - commence its campaign on the 17th July, Irish JOHNSTONIi, and INcLsoem, Miss DUNCAN, and Mrs. CuAnLis KElrill I. it, are expeiled to form a patt of the novelties, of tile season; the regular dramatic corps are now performing at Dover. SUMMER 4SSIZLS. OXFORD CIRCUIT. . . The Hon. Sir ALE* A unicx Titorattsor;, Kitt. The Hon. Sir lonN ti.kyt.sy, Knt. Perks-Monday, .July to, Abingdon. o:.!tfordshire..-Wedoesday, sufy..l2,.oxford. Worcestershire -Saturday. July 15, City of Worcester. taftintishirc.:.VVednesday, July StatEqd. Shropsliiia:-SatUrdar, July 22, Shrewsbury. iteiefOrdshire-..Thursday, July 27, 1-1 , :xolord. • Monmouthshire-.Monday, 114 31, Monmouth. ,Gloucestetshire.-Wednesday, Aubust -2, Gloucester. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. • The Hon. Sir A LAN CIiAMBRX, Knt. • The Hen. Sir G ior.o a Wooo,' Knt. Yorkshire-Saturday July 15, York. ' Durhani.:Tuesday, July 25, Durham, Northurnberland--Saturclay, July 29, Newcastle, CUmberland.-Friday, August 4, Calisle.• Westmorelanct-'rhuriday, August to, Appleby. Lancashire -.Monday, August 14, I.mtcuter. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. t • Th e Hon. f oto. Hs.% Tt4, Esq. Theliorl, Sir Sim Ls .141. A Ne, Knt. • Nortlonwtonshire-MondAy, July to, Nortii.wipton. • Rutland- Friday, NI) , 14, ...Lincolitshite,-Saturday, !lily 15, C,istle of Linoc In. City of Lincoln-Smile clay, City 01 LuLnlu. Nottinghainshire...:Thursclay, July 20, TOWII of N o tt4 l o 3 m, Town of Nottingham-Smile tl4y, Town of Nottingitmn. .Dctnyshire-tiaturday, duty 22, betty, Leicestershire.-Wednesday, July zh, Castle of Leicester. Itotouili of Leicester-Same day, liarono of Leit-cter. City of Coventry-Saturday, Jt ly 29, City of Cuyciitry. Warwickshire-Sarne day, Warwick. Tuesday night there was a grandlige in the King's Bench, on account of the Debtors', Bill haviog re. ceived the Royal Assent. The entrance. of the Cha pel, exhibited a .beautiful transparency, with the motto, " Long prospdr Earl Meista; rind Sir T. Tuivrozi, and the 'Frielids of Liberty," and under neath (divided by Seraphs' wings expanded) L►aRR rY, thou Goddess, heavenly bright, "Profuse of bliss and preplant with klelt 7 ;ht ; lias%l of her load, fiktrejuction grows more light . , Anti Poverty looks ~ :neertul iu thy There were also two figures of the Goddess, with her proper emblems. • - • On'Sunday, when Colonel DORIF.N, of t he Royal Horse Guards (Blue) had returned to the barracks at Windsor, with the regiment, from church, he mounted his horse with a view of 'paying a morning visit to Earl HARCOURT, at St. Lem - int-di3 ; the horse being very young, and not accustomed to feel a sword against his .side, took fright at it, ,turned teXive, reared up, and ut length turned suddenly round; andlltrevv the Colonel, i who wa4 epnarently tir e l e ss' : he was taken up, aml conveyed to, lii.a tipart- MelltS in a senseless state.. We are happy to learn he was Letter on Tuesday. Tuesday night as Mr. Farnsworth, a teipeaabi e tradesman in Cable-stwer, St. peori,';e's in the East, was riding at a sharp rate ;Wong Whit. chapel, late head strna against the end of an elm Tree, i>roj t:ting out of a titnber carriage, by which hiw scull was trhaured, anil tie died in the course of an hour, Two or three howes concerned in lite corn tr,tde have stopped payment to a very huge aiuuuut.